Nikon tweaks D2X DSLR with new D2Xs

by Evan Blass, posted Jun 1st 2006 at 9:51AM

Never one to rest on its laurels, Nikon has taken the already highly-rated 12.4 megapixel D2X digital SLR and tweaked several features that are probably very important to professional photographers (but mean little to the rest of us) to come up with the new D2Xs. The major enhancements to this model include an improved 2.5-inch display, longer-life battery, the addition of a black and white mode, Adobe RGB support in all color modes, and better viewfinder performance; other, less exciting improvements are a new menu color scheme, extra 1/3 stop ISO settings, more Custom Curve options, and electronic viewfinder masking in High Speed Crop mode -- we can't even tell you how long we've been waiting for this last option. Making the best even better usually doesn't come cheap, though, but the D2Xs will only set you back a pretty reasonable $4,700 when it's released next month.

Filed under: Digital Cameras

Tags: 12.4 megapixel, 12.4Megapixel, 2.5-inch display, 2.5-inchDisplay, d2x, d2xs, digital cameras, digital slr, DigitalCameras, DigitalSlr, dslr, feature tweaks, FeatureTweaks, high-end, nikon

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Lolek @ Jul 22nd 2006 10:49AM

I swore I would never leave film.I was willing to absorb the film costs to keep myself involved in serious image making.I owned classic Nikons from the past,Hasselblads,Linhofs......I was unimpressed with all the digital "toy"cameras that were rolling out.And was unimpressed with collegues gushing about their new DSLRs,especially when I saw their prints(kinda sorta like film?No!).......

Then I started reading reviews of this camera...and went to a local dealer and got my hands on one.BEST made Nikon I ever saw!The images are superb!

Sold all my film equipment.Gone.Not missed.Happy and shooting far more images(and keeping more)than I ever have in my 30 year career!

Lolek

http://www.redopinion.com/digital-camera/category/nikon/d2x/

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Russ @ Oct 3rd 2006 2:59PM

this isn't a new camera at all... it's exactly the same.. it's a firmware upgrade.. with somewhat uselfull features.. more iso choices (even though the high iso's of the d2x are pretty much useless anyway), and some more color profiles... blah.. I sold my d2x 2 days ago.. canon and full frame here I come.

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